T-Wolves!!!!

[BobT]

We've been hunting the same area around Mt. Iron, MN for the past 50 years. In all that time I could probably count on one hand the number of timberwolves I've seen while deer hunting, grouse hunting, camping, berry picking, 8 years of logging, etc. Wolves are elusive and not easily seen. That is until 2019.

 

Last year our group of seven hunters counted six wolves. I watched two walk past my deer stand, two guys saw two wolves while walking out in the evening from their stands together, and two other times single wolves were spotted. Could we have been seeing the same pair multiple times or six different wolves? Either way it was a lot of sightings. 

 

This past Friday evening around 4:00 I watched four wolves walk past my deer stand. The next morning, my nephew saw one near his stand, one of our other hunters saw two wolves near his stand, and his brother counted seven at one time near his stand. 

 

My nephew was talking with a guy he knows that works for USX steel and he indicated that he knew of at least three different packs in that area. 

 

We definitely see fewer deer these days compared to what we've seen in past hunts.